Re: [PATCH -tip] x86: acpi/sleep.c saved_magic fix overflow

[Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@kernel.org>]

On Fri, 2009-04-10 at 23:35 +0530, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-04-10 at 19:55 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > On Fri 2009-04-10 23:06:55, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
> > > Impact: fix overflow
> > 
> > > Constant 0x123456789abcdef0 is so big for a long.
> > > So using saved_magic 0x12345678 for both 32 and 64 bit.
> > 
> > Have you tested the patch? I have feeling that this is tested from
> > assembly... Plus it is only set to long constant on 64-bit, so I don't
> > think you are fixing anything. And if your code is correct the
> > variable is write only...
> > 
> 
> I have tested this:
> 1.  CHECK   arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
> arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c:107:16: warning: constant 0x123456789abcdef0 is so big it is long
> 
> 2. On 64 bit machine box:
> 	long l1;
> 
> 	l1 = 0x123456789abcdef0;
> 	printf("0x%16x : ", l1);
> 
> Output: 0x        9abcdef0
> 

OK  printf("0x%16llx : ", l1);
Output: 0x123456789abcdef0

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